Coat tie



Nov. 16, 1937. M. ROSOW GOAT TIE Filed May 14, 1937 MORRlf) Rosow Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for maintaining full-length coats, such as fur coats, in proper shape and fit while being worn by the wearer, it being among the principal objects of the present invention to provide for the purpose a yieldable and flexible supporter ortie unit which is adapted to be readily attached to the inner lining of a coat and which includes means for quick-detachably engaging the free "edge of the inner front panel of'the coat at vertically spaced points whereby to maintain said panel in proper position.

A further object is to provide in the form of a unitary assembly a coat tie having a pair of divergent elastic strap members, the free extremities of which are provided with clips for so engaging the vertical edge of the inner panel of the coat as to eliminate the necessity of incorporating loops in said edge of the coat in accordance with the present customary practice and which eliminate also the present awkward necessity of threading a tape or ribbon through the loop and tying it thereto.

A still further object is to provide a coat tie t for the purpose and of the character aforesaid which may be fastened and unfastened with a minimum of delay and manipulation, which in-' sures a minimum of discomfort to the wearer of the coat while the tie is fastened, and which may be readily adjusted in fastened position to insure absolute correctness in the fit or hang of the coat upon the wearer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention and economies eifected through the use thereof will be apparent more fully hereinafter, it being understood that the invention consists in the combination, construction, location and relative arrangement of parts as hereinafter described, as shown in the accompanying drawing and as finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the said accompanying drawing which i1- lustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a View illustrating the mode of use of the device of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a View similar to Figure 1 but showing the coat thereof fastened into closed position;

unit as constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figures 4 and 5 are front and rear views, respectively, of the inner end of the unit showing the manner of securing the elastic tape thereof to the securing element.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the supporter Referring now to the drawing and more particularly to Figures 3 to 5 thereof, it will be ob-' served that the supporter unit of the present invention essentially consists of an elastic tape Ill so arranged as to provide a pair of divergent 5 members H and [2 of unequal length. The apex extremity i 3- of the unit is formed byfolding the tape over a terminal securing element I4 preferably formed of wire and bent into substantially triangular shape to provide the branches I 5, l6 and- The inclined side branches [6 and I? of the securing element respectively terminate in loops or eyes l8 and H! which serve as means for attaching the element to the inner lining of the coat, as shown at in Figure 1.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate most clearly the preferred manner of mounting the tape upon the terminal element to provide the necessary divergency of the elastic strap members II and I2, it being observed that the member II passes beneath the branch l5 and over the branch l6, while the member l2 passes beneath the branch [5 and over the branch I! of the terminal securing element M. The portion 2| which is common to the divergent members II and I 2 thus overlies and conceals from view the branches l5, l6 and ll of the terminal element, only the loops l8 and I9 thereof being exposed.

The free divergent extremities of the strap members i l and I2 are respectively provided with quick-detachable clips 22 and23, while the strap members themselves are each provided with adjusting means 2424 to vary the effective lengths thereof. r

In the use of thesupporter unit just described, the terminal securing element 14 thereof is permanently attached to the inner lining of the outer panel 25 of the coat, as at 20, the point of attachment being approximately at waist high level and in the vertical. line of the armpit of the coat. The shorter member H of the unit is then extended substantially horizontally across the Waist of the wearer so that the clip 22 thereof is in position to engage the free vertical edge of the inner panel 26 of the coat. The longer member [2 of the unit is then extended diagonally downwardly so that the clip 23 thereof is in position to also engage the edge of the inner panel of the coat but at a point spaced vertically beneath the point of attachment of the clip 22. As appears most clearly in Figures. 1 and 2, with the strap members I I and I 2 each properly adjusted for length and with their free extremities clipped in position as shown, the inner and outer front panels 25 and 26 of the coat are maintained in proper relative position, the horizontally extending shorter branch ll of the unit serving to draw the inner panel snugly about the waist of the wearer simultaneously as the diagonally extending longer branch l2 of the unit serves to support the inner panel against any tendency to drop downwardly and out of its proper position.

What is claimed as new and useful is:-

1. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair of elastic strap members of unequal length arranged in divergent relation, a terminal securing element commonly aflixed to the inner convergent extremities of said members, and quick-detachable fastening elements respectively affixed to the outer divergent ex-' tremities of said members. 7

2. In a device of of the character described, in combination, a pair of elastic strap members of unequal length adapted to be extended in divergent relation, means for securing to a relatively fixed point on the inside of the outer panel of a coat the convergent extremities of said members, and means fixed to the divergent extremities of said members for quick-detachably connecting said extremities to the vertical edgeof the inner panel of a coat at vertically spaced points thereof, the shorter one of said strap members extending substantially horizontally about the waist-line of the coat and the longer one extending from said fixed point diagonally along a line intersecting said waist line.

3. A device of the character defined in claim 2 wherein means are provided for adjusting the length of each of said strap members.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, an elastic strap member, a triangularly shaped terminal element about which said strap is folded to provide a pair of divergent sections thereof of unequal length, said element including means for attaching the same to the inside of the outer panel of a coat, and clips secured to the outer free extremities of said divergent sections for connecting the same to the edge of the inner panel of the coat at vertically spaced points thereof.

5. In combination with a coat having overlapping front panels, means for maintaining said coat panels in proper relation comprising a pair of normally divergent elastic strap members of unequal length, the convergent extremities of which are permanently secured to the inside of the outer coat panel at a point removed from the vertical edge thereof while the divergent extremities of said strap members are detachably secured to the free edge of the inner coat panel at vertically spaced points thereof, the shorter one of said members extending substantially horizontally and the longer one thereof substantially diagonally across the body of the person wearing the coat, said means being normally concealed from View by the outer coat panel when the coat is closed.

MORRIS ROSOW. 

